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• As per Captain Smith, no midshipman shall sit or linger in this area.From the entry as per
• The sentence "In every ode linger many" can be resegmented to read "I never yodel in Germany".From the entry resegment
• The tornado lingered, tearing through town, leaving nothing upright.From the entry tear
• He gave me a last lingering kiss that made my toes curl and left me panting.2021, Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, Minotaur Books, →ISBN. From the entry make someone's toes curl
• While there are less emissions than CO₂, methane lasts around 12 years, while CO₂ lingers for centuries.2020 April 7, John Fialka, “As CO₂ Emissions Drop During Pandemic, Methane May Rise”, in Scientific American. From the entry methane
• But despite his waxworks appearance, pre-Weinsteinian penchant for priapic innuendo and lingering criminal trials, Mr.2018 January 29, Jason Horowitz, “Berlusconi Is Back. Again. This Time, as Italy’s ‘Nonno’”, in New York Times. From the entry priapic
• I grab a bottle of vodka and tip a lingering pour into my unicorn puke.2016, Andy Futuro, Josephine Wins Again: A Novel, June Day Press, →ISBN, page 84. From the entry unicorn puke
• They swim above us and linger in nooks and arched doorways.2013, Missy Fleming, Into the Deep, page 65. From the entry mer
• How much younger?” Regina asked, inspecting the appetizer plates for any lingering bites.2011, Donna McDonald, Dating A Cougar, →ISBN. From the entry puma
• She simply smiled and squeezed Gina's arm, her fingers lingering, burning her skin.2010, Gerri Hill, Love Waits, Bella Books, →ISBN. From the entry Ashleigh
• She was ashamed that her thoughts lingered on a very unvirginlike desire for the absolutely wrong man.2009, Jade Lee, The Concubine, page 81. From the entry unvirginlike
• There is recitativelike declamation, lingering melodiousness and rushes of busy passagework.2007 May 14, Bernard Holland, “A Performance Operatic in Its Scope (Opera Not Included)”, in New York Times. From the entry recitativelike
• He saw the shotgunner stagger into the lingering cloud of smoke.2007, Jory Sherman, The Savage Gun, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry colt
• I stepped inside and the odor of wacky tobaccy lingered in the air.2006, K. J. Larsen, Liar, Liar, Poisoned Pen Press, published 2010, →ISBN, page 144. From the entry wacky tobaccy
• A sodden Band-Aid had clung by a few lingering bits of stickum to her knee.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections. From the entry y
• I finally abandoned any lingering illusions I had had that Ministry work was a soft touch.1998, James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small, →ISBN, page 266. From the entry soft touch
• Her eyes lingered on a putrid floral number in fuchsia, hot pink, and turquoise.1998, Karen Kijewski, Stray Kat Waltz. From the entry yipes
• These are the hard times, the long lingering days before the rains.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 65. From the entry nitta
• I have a lingering suspicion that you are 17 stone and lock for Tarankai.1980, Ken Berry, chapter 14, in First Offender, Auckland: Collins, page 117. From the entry lock
• But it was the Tui Marina end that lingers in the memory.a. 1973, Eileen Duggan, “[Appendix: Selected Prose] A Few New Zealand Roads”, in Peter Whiteford, editor, Selected Poems, Wellington…. From the entry tui
• Primarily hants protect buried treasure and linger about ghoulish death spots.1967, Richard M. Dorson, “Spirits and Hants”, in American Negro Folktales, Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett, page 213. From the entry hant
• For two years more he lingered, sinking slowly into unconsciousness and imbecility.1921, Lytton Strachey, Queen Victoria. From the entry appositeness
• It lingered there and he removed the hat a little clumsily.1910, Frederick Ritchie Bechdolt, The Hard Rock Man, page 162. From the entry squam
• The song ended, but the melody lingered.2025, Ashok Kumar Bal, A Various World: People, Places, Perspectives. From the entry rasagola
• The intense, nutty aroma of freshly brewed coffee was still lingering in the air of my modest den.2021, Nishita Patil, MEET YOURSELF, SpotWrite Publications, page 12. From the entry ambedo
• This kicks out any lingering BS around her family.2021, Sandra Mariah Wright, Leanne Marrama, “Out, Damn Spot, Out!”, in Lighting the Wick: An Intuitive Guide to the Ancient Art & Modern…. From the entry bye, Felisha
• Where, lingering lovingly on kippered lies, They babble over chestnuts and their punch And stale round-table jests of years ago.2019, Robert Baldwin Ross, Masques & Phases. From the entry kippered
• Still, she recognized Fred as she drew back from a lingering lip lock planted squarely across Dell's lips.2014, Dan Frank, 1 Week. From the entry lip lock
• Such differences of history and culture have lingering consequences.2013 September 7, “Farming as rocket science”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8852. From the entry culture
• The figure presiding continues in this function during the sobremesa, that is, the time spent lingering and chatting after the meal.2013, Frederick L. Aldama, Ilan Stavans, ¡Muy Pop!: Conversations on Latino Popular Culture, University of Michigan Press, page 106. From the entry sobremesa
• Since the job of the malware installer is done, there is no more need for it to linger in the system.2013, C. C. Elisan, Malware, Rootkits & Botnets (Beginner's Guide), McGraw Hill, →ISBN, page 197. From the entry make like a tree and leave
• I lingered with seven new friends from Chicago on a back balcony, where concert attendees waiting to be convinced traditionally congregate.2012 March 30, Joe Levy, “Rockers at Sea”, in The New York Times. From the entry gravitate
• A nice lingering death!” added Burt with a breathy laugh.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry is all
• In fact, dull's the word, a lingering adjectival ghost of nut roasts past that I'm keen to banish from the table.2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian. From the entry decorative
• A large part of modern conservative antiweed sentiment is informed by the lingering influence of Anslinger's dishonest fearmongering.2010, Will B. High, Weed-o-pe-dia, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 16. From the entry antiweed
• His spirit lingers near the fortress at the other end of the remoseless depths where Theseus manarvels fleece.2010, Henry Gould, Lanthanum, page 91. From the entry manarvel
• Nick shook off the lingering sensual buzz, stuck his hands in his pockets and stalked after Stan and the Dungeon Mistress.2010, Betina Krahn, “The Chase”, in Manhunting, Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin, →ISBN, page 21. From the entry dungeon mistress

Meaning of linger

1. verb To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
2. verb To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
3. verb To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.

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Questions about linger in a sentence

How do you use linger in a sentence?

Linger is used as a verb. For example: “As per Captain Smith, no midshipman shall sit or linger in this area.”

What is a short sentence with linger?

“Trump doesn't linger on the poll.”

What does linger mean?

Linger means to stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.